Elks Hoop Shoot set for Saturday at the YMCA

The annual Elks Hoop Shoot contest is set for Saturday at the Siskiyou Family YMCA in Yreka.

The event, which is being put on by the Yreka Elks Lodge and sponsored by the Elks National Foundation, is a free-throw contest for boys and girls ages 8 to 13. There will be three age brackets for both boys and girls. Contestants age groups are determined by their age as of April 1, 2013. The event begins at 10 a.m. and is free of charge. For more information, call Chris Sorenson at 340-2559. More information can also be found at www.elks.org/hoopshoot. The top finishers in each division on Saturday move on to the district level event at Shasta College in Redding.